How Clyman works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Clyman for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (22%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 27 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Clyman has 243 jobs, and 207 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clyman and work: the main findings
Clyman and Watertown trade workers both ways
Watertown is the top workplace for Clyman residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Clyman come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clyman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Clyman ends
Where Clyman clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Clyman takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clyman workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Clyman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Clyman, 91% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clyman, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 243. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clyman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Clyman
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Clyman: questions
What is the median household income in Clyman?
$71,250 (±$16,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clyman?
12.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clyman?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clyman work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (22%, 8 mi), Madison (7%, 39 mi), Oconomowoc (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clyman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clyman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clyman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.